Remote control regulator motor



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April 25, 1933. E. H. WHITE REMOTE CONTROL REGULATOR MOTOR Filed March6, 1931 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 Patented Apr. 25, 1933 UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE EVERETT H. WHITE, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA I REMOTE CONTROLREGULATOR MOTOR Application filed March 6, 1931. Serial No. 520,758.

ing valves, automatic stokers, 'etc., requiring motive power to efiecttheir operation, and which additionally include means for forciblycirculating air warmed by said heat producing devices or furnaces intoan enclosure or space to be heated. I

An object of the present invention is to provide an electricallyoperated mechanism 1 for the remote control of a heat producing deviceor furnace having heat regulating means and means for producing forcedcirculation of air warmed by said device or furnace, wherein said heatregulating means of said device or furnace and said means for producingforced circulationof the warmed air will each be controlled, in thenovel and improved and'ideal'manner to be hereinafter fully set forth,by and with respect to the temperature at said heat producing device orfurnace, as well as by and with respect to the temperature at anenclosure or space to be heated by said device or furnace.

A further object is to provide an electrically operated mechanism forthe remote control of a heat'producing device or furnace havingheat'regulating means and means for producing forced circulation ofair'warmed by said device or furnace, which will include a regulatormotor adapted to be associated in novel and improved manner with saidheat regulating means and said means for producing forced circulation ofthe warmed air, said regulator motor having va- 40 rious features andcharacteristics constituting novel and improved structure in mechanismsof the present character; will also include means, desirably aresistance element, arranged in an electrical circuit having remotecontrolling instruments, for manipulatleft in Fig. 1;

ing in novel and improved manner a desirab y thermal starting switch ofthe operating circuit of said regulator motor to close said operatingcircuit; and wherein presence of current in the circuit including saidremote controlling instruments and said means or resistance element willbe discontinued, preferably by mechanical actuation of certain of theoperative elements of said regulator motor and independently of saidremote controlling instruments, immediately upon the setting of theregulator motor into operation, whereby to render the starting cir-.cuit dead the instant the, regulator motor commences to operate.

With the above objects in view, as well as others which will appear asthe specification proceeds, the invention comprises the construction,arrangement and combination of parts as now to be fully described and ashereinafter to be specifically claimed, it being understood that thedisclosure herein is merely illustrative and intended in no way in alimiting sense, changes in details of construction and arrangement ofarts being permissible so long aswithin t e spirit of the invention andthe scope of the claims which follow.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of the specification,

Fig. l'is a front elevational view of a remote control regulator motormade according to the principles of the invention, disclosing saidregulator motor as when applied to use to control the draft, the cheek,and the air blower of a heating furnace which is also shown; i Fig. 2 isan enlarged end elevational view of the regulator motor as seen from theFig. 3 is an enlarged plan view of the regulator motor casing with thecover of said casing removed, showing operating parts of said regulatormotor in plan, and the thermal starting switch in edge elevation;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged vertical sectional view of the regulator motorcasing, showing operating parts of said regulator motor in section andin elevation, and the thermal starting switch in section;

Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view of the regulator motor, taken as online 5-5 in Fig. 4;

Fig. 6 is a detail view of the thermal starting switch and other partsof the electrically operated mechanism in positions assumed inoperation;

Fig. 7 is a detail sectional view taken as on line 77 in Fig. 6;

Fig. 8 is a diagrammatic view disclosing the wiring system of theelectrically operated mechanism;

Fig. 9 is a detail sectional View taken on line 99 in Fig. 8;

Fig. 10 is a detail sectional view taken as on line 10-1O in Fig. 8; and

Fig. 11 is a detail sectional view taken on line 11--11 in Fig. 8.

vVith respect to the drawings and the numerals of reference thereon, 15represents a heating furnace including a draft damper 16 and a checkdamper 17. The regulator motor, indicated generally at .18, is shownapplied to said furnace to regulate said draft damper and check damper,although, as will become obvious, said regulator motor can be applied tocontrol any other devices requiring motive power to effect theiroperation, as, for example, valves controlling a flow of steam, water,gas, or other fluid; intake and mixing valves; and automatic stokers.

Any ordinary thermostatic element 19, in remote relation to the furnace15, as, for instance, in a room to be heated, and an ordinarythermostatic element 20, directly subjected to the temperature of saidheating furnace, within the furnace as shown, constitute means foractuating a starting switch 21, as disclosed a thermal starting switch,for the regulator motor 18. p

The regulator motor 18 includes adriven or actuating shaft 22, which issuitably mountedin a casing 23 for the regulator motor, carrying crankarms 24 and 25 at its opposite ends and disposed outside of the casing23, said crank arms 24 and 25 desirably extending in straight-anglerelation to each other. Each crank arm 24 and 25 carries an outwardlyextending headed pin, denoted 26 and 27, respectively, the pin 26rotatably supporting a manipulating member or cord 28 suitably attachedto an outer portion of the draft damper 16 and ridable over pulleys 29,and the pin 27 rotatably supporting a manipulating member, cord, or rod30 suitably attached to an outer portion of the check damper 17. lVhenthe crank arms 24 and 25 are positioned as shown in full lines in Fig.1, so that the crank arm 24 extends verticallv downward and the crankarm 25 extends vertically upward, the draft damper 16 is completelyclosed by gravity and the check damper 17 is held wide open. When thepositions of said crank arms are reversed so that the crank arm 24extends vertically upward and the crank arm 25 extends verticallydownward, the draft damper 16 is held wide open and the check damper 17is completely closed by gravity. \Vhen the crank arms 24 and 25 aredisposed between their vertical positions, both the draft damper and thecheck damper may be held partially open to extents depending upon theangular positions of said crank arms as will be evident. 7

It is the function of the room thermostat 19 and the furnace thermostat20 to control an electrical circuit which in turn controls the thermalstarting switch 21, which switch in turn closes the switch of a circuitincluding the regulator motor 18 to cause said regulator motor to beoperated in response to the closing of the electrical circuitcontrolling said thermal starting switch 21, to situate the driven oractuating shaft 22 in one of the several positions of the crank arms 24and 25 indicated in full and dotted lines in Fig. 2, and to as aconsequence situate the draft damper 16 and the check damper 17 in oneof the positions in which each of said dampers is indicated in full anddotted lines in Fig. 1.

As shown more clearly in Figs. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 11, the casing 23suitably supportsan electric motor 31 which is drivingly connected byreducing gearing, represented generally at 32, to the driven oractuating shaft 22, said reducing gearing including a gear 33 fixed tosaid driven or actuating shaft 22. The actuating shaft 22 carries acircuit breaker drum 34 which is suitably insulated from said driven oractuating shaft as indicated at 35. A circuit breaker includes a numberof conducting clips 36, 37 and 38 which make contact with the circuitbreaker drum, and the conducting clips 36 and 37 are raised and lowered,as the drum rotates, by small insulating buttons upon the circuitbreaker drum, there being three insulating buttons 39, 40 and 41 uponsaid drum for the clip 36, and two insulating buttons 42 and 43 uponsaid drum for the clip 37.

A motor switch consists essentially of two blades, denoted 44 and 45respectively, the bade 44, together with other elements to be described,constituting the thermal starting switch 21. Incoming wires 46 and 47lead to the motor 31. As shown,the wire 46 is connected to the motorswitch blade 45 while the wire 47 is connected to a wire 48 leading toone, side of the primary 49 of a transformer 50 and to a wire 51'leading to one side of said motor 31. The other side of the primary 49is connected by a wire 52 to a stationary contact 53 for the blade 45,and the other side of the motor 31 is connected by a wire 54 with as at63, upon a support 64 in the casing 23.

A resilient finger 65 attached to said support at 66 carries aninsulating protuberance 67 movable in an opening through said support64, and said finger also carries a projection 68 ridable in slots oropenings 69 in the gear 33.

lVhen the electric motor 31 is at rest, the blades 44 and 45 arepositioned as shown in Fig. 8. The arrangement is such that when currentflows in the resistor 60, the blade 44 moves to the right in said Fig. 8and makes contact with the blade 45. Said blade 45 is operated by thegear The slots or openings 69, which are placed in said gear 33 atproper intervals, allow the resilient blade 45 to move over to the rightin said Fig. 8 as said slots or openings 69 pass over the pro jection68. At other times, said projection rides on the face of the gear 33 tocause the blade 45 to take the position as shown in Fig. 6. That is tosay, to maintain engagement between the blades 44 and 45 and to breakengagement between said blade 45 and the stationary contact 53.

The resistor 60 desirably consists of a single strand of suitable wireof relatively fine dimension having its end portions attached to theterminals 59 and 61, respectivel y, mounted upon an insulating block 70itself conveniently carried, as at 71, in the motor casing 23, adjacentthe blade 45, upon a support 72 in spaced relation to the support 64 vand also carrying the stationary contact 53. The intermediate portion ofthe wire strand resistor 60 extends back and forth across the outer faceof a mica sheet 73 conveniently fixed, as at74, to the face of the blade44 opposite the blade 45, and outer parts of said intermediate portionof the wire strand, in spaced relation to the terminals 59 and 61, arerigidly attached to a small insulating block 75 itself suitably fastenedto the outer, free end of said blade 44, against the face thereofopposite the blade 45. More specifically, the insulating block 70supports a series of alining, spaced apart metallic lugs or posts 76,and the insulating block 75 supports a similar series desirablyincluding an equal number of alining, spaced apart metallic lugs orposts 77, about all of which lugs or posts 76 and 77 the wire strand issuccessively wound. In the manufacture of the thermal starting switch21, an end of the wire strand resistor 60 thereof may be first attachedto a terminal 59 or 61, an adjacent portion of said wire strand may thenbe wound one or more times about an outermost lug or post 76, then thenext adjacent portion of the wire strand may be wound about an outermostlug or post 77, then about the lug or post 76 next adjacent one alreadywired, then about the lug or post 77 next adjacent one already wired,and so on, until the lugs or posts are all wired, and finally the wirestrand may be attached to the terminal 61 The blade 44 is convenientlypivoted to the insulating block 70, as by a small shaft 78 which passesthrough ears upon said blade 44 v or posts 76 and 77 to normally holdthe blade 44, against the action of the coil spring 79, out ofengagement with the blade 45, and so that said blade 44 and theinsulating block 75 thereon will desirably be in approximate alinementwith the insulating block 70. And the wire strand resistor 60, evidentlynoninductive, is composed of material having a co-efficient of expansionsufliciently great to cause immediate lengthening of said wire strandresistor to an extent to allow the contact 82 to engage the blade 45immediately when only a very small current of electricity is applied tosaid resistor in a manner to be explained. In practice, application tosaid resistor of four watts, or even less, of operating power is quitesufficient to cause engagement between the blades 44 and 45.

The regulator motor includes conducting clips 83 and 84 which aresuitably and insulatively supported in the motor casing and rest upon aninsulating supporting arm 85 for said conducting clips 83 and 84. Thefree end of each conducting clip 83, 84, 36 and 37 includes a downwardprojection 86. See Fig. 5. The downward projection upon the conductingclip 83 is adapted to engage conducting posts, designated 87, 88 and 89,situated at suitably spaced apart intervals about the circuit breakerdrum 34, and the downward projection upon the conducting clip 84 isadapted to engage a conducting post 90 fixed upon said circuit breakerdrum 34.

Each of the conducting clips 83, 84, 36and 37 is provided with aterminal, said terminals being designated 91, 92, 93 and 94,respectively.

The regulator motor operates in the manner as follows. As shown in Fig.8, said motor is in an inoperative position indicated by the conductingclip 37 which is separated from the circuit breaker drum by theinsulating button 42. W hen connection is now made from the terminal 57to any one of the terminals 91, 92 or 93 when in electrical engagementwith the circuit breaker drum 34, the secondary circuit of thetransformer is closed through the resistor 60, which allows the blade 44as in Fig. 8 to move to the right, in the manner as set forth, and makecontact with the blade 45 at 82. This closes the circuit to the electricmotor 31, which sets the gear 33 and the circuit breaker drum in motion.The circuit through the resistor 60 is from the secondary 55 of thetransformer through the lead wire 58 to the resistor, from the resistorby the post 62 to the conducting clip 38, through the circuit breakerdrum 34 and to the lead wire 56 attached to the terminal 57 by theparticular connection made, and back to the secondary 55 through saidlead wire 56. The motor circuit is from the lead in wire 46 to the blade45, to the contact 82 and the blade 44, through the lead wire 54 to themotor 31', and through the lead wire 51 to the lead in wire 47. As soonas the gear 33 starts to rotate, it causes the projection 68 upon thefinger 65 to ride up out of the corresponding slot or opening 69 andforce the blade 45 over to the left as shown in Fig. 6, to holdengagement between the blades 44 and 45 at 82 and break engagementbetween the blade 45 and the stationary contact 53. The breaking ofengagement between the blade 45 and the stationary contact 53 opens theprimary side of the transformer and cuts the current off of the resistor60, as will be apparent. The electric motor 31 operates until theprojection 68 drops into the next slot or opening 69in the gear 33. Thecontrol motor will then stop if it is in the posi tion called for by theparticular connection which was made between the terminal 57 and one ofthe terminals 91, 92 or 93. If the regulator motor is not in suchposition,

the cycle will be repeated. That is to say,

the terminal 57 may be connected with any one of the terminals 91, 92 or93, and the 'motor will operate until a clip 36 or 37 is raised by oneofthe insulating buttons 39, 40, 41, 42 or 43 on the circuit breakerdrum 34 while there is no electrical connection from said terminal 57through any of said terminals 91, 92, 93, or 94 to the circuit breakerdrum 34. The driven or actuating shaft 22 will remain in the position atwhich thus set by the motor 31 until connection is again.

made from said terminal 57 through one of said terminals 91, 92, 93 or94 to said circuit breaker drum. When said connection is made, the motor31 will again operate until one of the conducting clips is raised asbefore by an insulating button while there is no electrical connectionfrom the terminal 57 through any of the terminals 91,92, 93 or 94 to thecircuit breaker drum.

As shown very clearly in Fig. 8, the room thermostat 19, which is abimetallic blade, includes a lower portion supporting an arm 95 adaptedto travel between spaced apart terminals 96 and 97 and an arm 98adjacent the arm 95 adapted to engage and disengage a terminal 99adjacent the terminal 97. The furnace thermostat 20 includes a lowerportionsupporting an arm 100 adapted to travel between spaced apartterminals 101 and 102.

The terminal 91 is connected, by a lead wire 103, with a lead wire 104extending to the terminal 99 and with a lead wire 105 extending to theterminal 101. The terminal 92 is connected by a lead wire 106 with theterminal 102. The terminal 93 is connectedby a lead wire 107 with theterminal 96. The terminal 94 is connected by a lead wire 108 with theterminal 97. See Fig. 8.

The lead wire 56, extending between a side of the secondary 55 and theterminal 57, is connected by a lead wire 109 with the furnace thermostat20. A lead wire 110 connects the lead wire 109 with the room thermostat19. See Fig. 8.

The heating furnace 15 includes the usual heating chamber 111surroundingthe fire box and having warmed air outlet pipes 112 leadingto the enclosure or space to be heated. Means for producing forcedcirculation of the warmed air upwardly through the chamber 111 and tothe enclosure or space to be heated, through the outlet pipes 112,consists, as disclosed, of an inlet pipe 113 to said chamber 111 housinga suitably mounted air blower or fan 114, said blower or fan 114 beingdriven by a belt 115 upon a pulley 116 fixed to the blower or fan shaftand upon a pulley 117 fixed to the shaft of an electric motor 118 fordriving said blower or fan. The electric motor 118 may besupported inany convenient manner.

An insulating block 119, which is suitably supported upon the regulatormotor casing 23 in any convenient manner, as at 120, fixedly supports anarcuate conducting segment 121 which extends, as shown, through an arcof a trifle less than 180, and also fixedly supports a much shorterconducting segment 122 which is arranged in properly spaced relation tothe conducting segment 121 and along the same are as is said conductingsegment 121. Said insulating block 119 additionally fixedly supports anannular conducting segment 123 which is arranged within the confines ofthe arc of the conducting segments 121 and 122 in concentric relation tosaid arc, and in spaced relation to said conducting segments 121 and122.

The driven or actuating shaft 22 passes outwardly from the regulatormotor casing Ill ) thereof,

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through the insulating block 119 and through the annular conductingsegment 123 axially and fixedly and insulatively supports a conductingelement 124 including spaced contactors 125 and 126 connected toether at127, the contactor 125 having a anged end portion adapted to wipe overthe annular conducting segment 123 and the contactor 126 having aflanged end portion adapted to wipe over the conducting segments 121 and122. Said conducting segments 121 and 122 are connected to each other bya lead wire 128 desirably attached to the inner surfaces of saidconducting segments.

A lead wire 129 extends from the lead wire 47 to one side of the motor118, and a lead wire 130 extends fromthe other side of said motor 118 tothe conducting segment 121. A lead wire 131 extends from the lead wire46 to the annular conducting segment 123.

During the operation in use of a heat producing device or furnaceincluding heat regulating means, as, for example, the dampers 16 and 17which are herein disclosed, or of some other nature, such as steam,water, oil or gas valves, intake and mixing valves, automatic stokers,etc., and also including means, the blower or fan 114 as hereindisclosed, for forcibly circulating air warmed by said heat producingdevice or furnace into an enclosure or space to be heated, it is highlydesirable that said heat producing device or furnace function inentirely automatic manner to ideally care for each and "all of severaldifferent heating problems which are presented. That is to say, whensaid enclosure or space is at the desired and predetermined temperature,the heat regulating means should be operative to supply a minimum amountof heat and the warmed air forcing means should be idle. When saidenclosure or space then falls below the desired and predeterminedtemperature, said heat regulating means should, when the air at thefurnace is below a predetermined temperature, be operative to supply anincreased amount of heat, and the warmed air forcing means should beoperative, while said enclosure or space is calling for. heat, wheneverthere is air at the heat producing device or furnace at sufficient andpredetermined temperature to be effective in raising the temperature ofsaid enclosure or space when forced thereinto by said warmed air forcingmeans, but said warmed air forcing means should be idle when said air atthe heat producing device or furnace is below said sufficient andpredeterit being, evidently, unde sirable to blow unheated air into anenclosure or space which is calling for heat. When said enclosure orspace commences a call'for heat at a time when there is air at thefurnace of sufiiciently high temperature to raise the temperature ofsaid enclosure or space, the warmed air forcing means should becomeopreaches the desired and predetermined temperature, or until thetemperature of the air at the furnace to be forced into said enclosureor space by the warmed air forcing means falls below said suflicient'and predetermined temperature. In the case where the enclosure or spaceboth calls for heat and reaches the desired temperature while the air atthe furnace forced by the warmed air forcing means is at or above saidsufficient and predetermined temperature, the heat regulating means forthe heat producing device or furnace should be operative to supply aminimum amount of heat and the warmed air forcing means shouldbecomeidle when said enclosure or space reaches said desiredtemperature, and in the case where the enclosure or space calls for heatwhile the air at the furnace is at or above said sufficient andpredetermined temperature and the temperature of the air which is beingforced from the furnace then falls below said sufficient andpredetermined temperature, the warmed air forcing means should becomeidle and the heat regulating means should become opera- ,tive to supplyan' increased amount of heat to bring the temperature of said air at thefurnace up to said suflicient and predetermined tem erature. Thereafter,when-the air at the urnace reaches said sufficient and predeterminedtemperature, the warmed air forcing means should commence to operate.Should it happen that the warmed air forcing means at any time removessufiicient warmed air from the furnace to cause the air at the furnaceto fall below said suflicient and predetermined temperature, said warmedair forcing means should become idle and the heat regulating means)should become, or remain, operative to supply an increased amount ofheat at the furnace. When the enclosure or space being heated reaches adesired temperature while the warmed air forcing means is operative,said heat regulating means should become, or remain, operative to supplya minimum an interval just before said warmed air forcing means becomesinoperative, in order that said warmed air forcing meansfmay remove fromthe furnace and carry to the enclosure any surplus of air there may beof sufficient and predetermined temperature to have heating effect uponsaid enclosure or space, to thus further raise the temperature thereof.Said warmed air forcing means should become idlewhen said highertemperature is reached, or, as aforesaid, when the temperature of theair at said furnace falls below amount of heat during and attain themaximum in temperature bal ance at said enclosure or space.

The heat producing device or furnace of the present invention is set upto operate undereach of the conditions as set forth in the precedingparagraph in precisely the manner in which it is stated in saidpreceding para aph that said device or furnace should iftlifilal yoperate, as will now be explained in In Fig. 8 the regulator motor shaft22 is positioned with the parts disposed as in full lines in Figs. 1 and2, the crank arm 24 extendin vertically downward to allow the draftamper 16 to be completely closed, and

the crank arm 25 extending vertically upward to cause the check damper17 to be wide open. In said Fig. 8, the conducting clip 37 is shownresting upon the insulating button 42, the arms 95, 98 and 100 of thethermostats 19 and 20 are out of engagement with their respectiveterminals, the conducting clips 83 and 84.are both free from contactwith their respective conducting posts upon the circuit breaker drum 34,and the blower or fan motor 118 is in open circuit to allow the bloweror fan 114to remain idle. The room thermostat 19 being out of engagementwith the terminal 96, which said thermostat 19 engages when theenclosure or space calls for heat, said enclosure or space is at thedesired temperature, the heat regulating means that is, the dampers l6and 17 is operative to supply a minimum amount of heat, and the warmedair forcing means; that is, the blower or fan 114; is idle.

Supposing that the temperature at the furnace now causes the furnacethermostat 20 to engage with either the terminal 102 or the terminal101, nothing can happen as a result, as long as the room thermostat 19does not engage the terminal 96. Connection between the arm 100 and theterminal 102 connects.

the terminal 57 with the terminal 92, but the conducting clip 84 is freefrom enga ement with the circuit breaker drum 34. Li iewise, connectionbetween the arm 100 and the terminal 101 connects the terminal 57 withthe terminal 91, but the conducting clip 83 is free from enga ement withsaid circuit breaker drum 34. upposing that the temperature at theenclosure or space being heated now rises to bring the arm 95 of theroom thermostat 19 into engagement with the terminal 97, or to bring thearm 98 of said room thermostat into engagement with the terminal 99,nothing can happen as a result. Connection between the arm 95 and theterminal 97 connects the terminal 57 with the terminal 94, but theconducting clip 37 is free from engagement with the circuit breaker drum34, this conducting clip resting upon the insulating button 42, as hasbeen stated. Connection between the arm 98 and the terminal 99 connectsthe terminal 57 with the'terminal 91, but the conducting clip 83 is freefrom engagement with the circuit breaker drum, as before mentioned.Supposing that the temperature at the enclosure or space being heatednow falls to bring the arm 95 of the room thermostat 19 into engagementwith the terminal 96, connection is made between the terminal 57 and theterminal 93. To cause the regulator motor to assume its position as inFig. 8, the arm 98 had to engage the terminal 99, as will hereinafter bemade clear, and after said arm 98 and said terminal 99 engaged eachother,

the regulator motor remained in the position of said Fig. 8 until saidarm 95 of the room thermostat 19 engaged the terminal 96.

Connection when made between the terminals 57 and 93, by engagement ofthe arm 95 with the terminal 96, closes the regulator motor circuitbecause the conducting clip 36 is in engagement with the circuit breakerdrum and clear of all of its insulating buttons, as shown more clearlyin Fig. 11. The regulator motor is thus caused to advance and to stopwhen a conducting clip 36 or 37 rides upon an insulating button whilethere is no electrical connection from the terminal 57 through any ofthe terminals 91, 92, 93 or 94 to the circuit breaker drum 34. Thedriven or actuating shaft 22 will remain in the position at which thusset by the motor 31 until connection is again made from said terminal 57through one of the terminals 91, 92, 93 or 94 other than the one havingthe insulating button upon which the conducting clip 36 or 37 rests whensaid motor 31 becomes stationary. When the new connection is made, themotor 31 will again operate and stop as before when l a conducting clip36 or 37 rides upon an in- .sulating button while there is no electricalconnection from the terminal 57 through any of said terminals 91, 92,93or 94 to the circuit breaker drum 34.

The circuit breaker drum 34 is driven to rotate in the direction of thearrows in Figs. 5

and 1.1. As disclosed the insulating button- 41, which is beneath theconducting clip 36, is disposed upon the circuit breaker drum 34 atlocation diametrically opposite the insulatin button 42. The insulatingbutton 40, which is beneath said conducting clip 36, is disposed uponthe circuit breaker drum at location about 165 from the insulating but-39, which is beneath said conducting clip" 36,

is disposed upon the circuit breaker drum at location about 15 from saidinsulating but ton 42, between the insulating buttons 42 and 40. Theinsulating button 43, which is beneath the conducting clip 37, isdisposed upon the circuit breaker drum at location about 165 from theinsulating button 41 and about 15 from the insulating button 42. Theconducting post 89, which is beneath the conducting clip 83, is disposedupon the circuit breaker drum in longitudinal aline- 'ment with saidinsulating button 41. The I conducting post 90, which is beneath theconducting clip 84,-is disposed upon said circuit breaker drum inlongitudinal alinement with said insulating button 40. The conductingpost 87, which is beneath said conducting clip 83, is disposed upon saidcircuit breaker drum in longitudinal alinement with said insulatingbutton 39. The conducting post 88, which is beneath said conducting clip83, is disposed upon said circuit breaker drum in longitudinal alinementwith said insulating button 43.

It has been shown that when the regulator motor is positioned as in Fig.8, nothing can happen unless or until the temperature of the enclosureor space to be heated falls to cause the arm 95 of the room thermostat19 to engage the terminals 96, and that upon engagement of said arm95'and terminal 96, the electric motor 31 will be set in motion.Provided that at this time the furnace is not sufficiently warm to causethearm 100 of the furnace thermostat 20 to be in engagement with theterminal 102, said arm 100 engaging the terminal 101, the regulatormotor will come to stationary position when the conducting clip 36 ridesupon the insulating button 40. At this time the conducting post 90,beneath the conducting clip 84 and in alinement with said insulatingbutton 40, will be brought into engagement with said conducting clip 84,and the conducting clip 37 will engage the circuit breaker drum. Duringthe rotation of the circuit breaker drum to carry the insulating button40 from its position as in Fig. 11 to its position of engagement withthe conducting clip 36, the insulating button 39 will pass under saidconducting clip 36, but the regulator motor will] not stop, because atthis time the contacts 100 and 101 will be in engagement to connect theterminal 57 with the terminal 91, and the conducting post 87 will beengaged with said conducting clip 83. \Vhen the insulating button 40reaches the location of the conducting clip 36 and the conducting clip37 engages the circuit breaker drum and the conducting post 90 engagesthe conducting clip 84, there will be no circuit from the terminal 57 tothe circuit breaker drum 34 because neither the arm 98 and the terminal99 which engage by reason of rising temperature at the enclosure orspace, the arm 100 and the terminal 102 which engage by reason of risingtemperature at the furnace, nor the arm 95 and the terminal 97 whichengage by reason of rising temperature at the enclosure or space, are inengagement. When the conducting post 90 is in engagement with theconducting clip 84, or when any other conducting post is in engagementwith its conducting clip, all of the other conducting posts are clear ofthe conducting clips, as will be apparent.

When the insulating button 40 is engaged by the conducting clip 36, thedraft damper 16 is held approximately wide open and the check damper 17may be approximately or completely closed by gravity.

The regulator motor, upon being brought to stationary position with saidinsulating button 40 engaging its conducting clip 36, re-

cuit breaker drum 34. The terminal 99 is 1 connected in parallel withthe terminal 101, and evidently nothing could happen to the regulatormotor by engagement, if this were possible, of the arm 98 with saidterminal 99 when said regulator motor is located with the insulatingbutton 40 engaging the con ducting clip 36, both of said terminals 99and 101 being connected by the lead wire 103 with the terminal 91 andthe conducting clip 83 being free from engagement with the circuitbreaker drum 34. Upon the opening of the draft damper and the closing ofthe check damper, the temperature of the heat producing device orfurnace, will, naturally, rise, and eventually the arm of the furnacethermostat must engage the terminal 102. Thus Willbe made a connectionbetween the terminal 57 and the terminal 92, and the conducting clip 84being in engagement with the conducting post 90, the regulator motorwill advance, this time to position the insulating button 41 under theconducting clip 36. regulator motor willcome to rest, providedtheelements 95 and 97 and the elements 98 and 99 are, respectively. freefrom engagement with each other. The elements 100 and 101 will evidentlybe out of engagement, said element 100 having engaged the element 102.It is theoretically possible for the arm 95 to engage the terminal 97and for the arm 98 Ill Said

to later engage the terminal 99 when the draft damper is open and thecheck damper is closed, as just stated, before the arm 100 is broughtinto engagement with the terminal 102, to cause the insulating button 41to engage the conducting clip 36, but such an occurrence is impossiblein ordinary practice, because the enclosure or space is receiving itsheat from the furnace which will of necessity cause the furnacethermostat to be heated in advance of the room thermostat 19. But shouldthe arm 95 for any reason engage the terminal 97 before said armlOOengages said terminal 102, and the enclosure or space become furtherheated so that the arm 98 later engaged the arm 99, in the manner as tobe hereinafter set forth, the regulator motor would be immediatelyreurned to its normal position as in Fig. 8. WVhen the circuit breakerdrum 34 is positioned to cause the insulating button 41 to separate itsconduct.

ing clip 36 from said circuit breaker drum, the conducting element 124is situated with its contactors 125 and'126 connected across theconducting segments 123 and 121 to put the blower or fan motor 118 inclosed circuit. Thus the blower or fan 114 is driven to forciblycirculate air, through the outlet pipes 112 into the enclosure or space,and in time the arm 95 is caused to be brought into engagement with theterminal 97. Upon engagement of said elements 95 and 97, a connectionbeing thus made between the terminal 57 and the circuit breaker drum, byreason of the fact that the conducting clip 37 is in engagement withsaid circuitbreaker drum, the regulator motor advances until theinsulating button 43 separates said conducting clip 37 from said circuitbreaker drum. When this occurs, there will be no circuit between saidterminal 57 and anyof the terminals 91, 92, 93 or 94, because theelements 95 and 96, 100 and 101, and 98 and 99, respectively, are freefrom engagement, although the conducting clip 83 is engaging theconducting post 88, and the conducting clip 36 is engaging the circuitbreaker drum. T he elements 95 and 97 are set to engage each other at adegree or so of temperature less than the degree of temperature requiredto cause the elements 98 and 99 to engage each other. Upon the rotationof the driven or actuating shaft 22 from position where the insulatingbutton 41 separates the conducting clip 36 from the circuit breaker drumto the position where the insulating button 43 separates the conductingclip 37 from said circuit breaker drum, the draft damper 16 is allowedto move .by gravity to approximateiv or completely closed position andthe check damper is moved to approximately wide open position. V] henthe insulating button 43 is beneath its conducting clip 37 to separatesaid conducting clip from the circuit breaker dram, the contactors 125and 126 of the conducting element 124 are still in engagement with theconducting segments 123 and 121, and the circuit through the blower orfan motor 118 is still closed. Thus the blower or fan 114 continues tooperate, and in time the temperature of the enclosure or space is raiseda degree or so higher to bring the arm 98 into engagement with theterminal 99. Upon engagement of said elements 98 and 99 with each other,a connection is made from the terminal 57=to the circuit breaker drum 34through the conducting clip 83 and the conducting post 88, which is inalinement with the insulating button 43, and said circuit breaker drumis rotated to its original or normal position as shown in Fig. 8, whereall of the conducting posts 87, 88, 89 and 90 are free from engagementwith their conducting clips 83 and 84, respectively, and the conductingclip 36 is in engagement with the circuit breaker drum, but theenclosure or space being warm the circuit through said conducting clip36 is broken at the terminals 95 and 96. When the driven or actuatingshaft 22"rotates from position where the insulating button 43 is beneaththe conducting clip 37 to the position where the insulating button 42 isbeneath this mentioned conducting clip, the contactors 125 and 126of-the conducting element 124 ride clear of the conducting segments 123and 121,to be positioned about as shown in Fig. 9, to thus break thecircuit through the blower or fan motor 118 and cause said blower or fanmotor to come to rest. During the operation of the blower of fan 114while the insulating button 43 is positioned beneath the conducting clip37, the blower or fan 114 removes a considerable amount of heated airfrom the furnace and carries said heated air into the enclosure orspace, as will be obvious.

Supposing that with the parts positioned as in Fig. 8, the enclosure orspace calls for heat while the furnace is warm, the arm 100 being inengagement with the terminal 102, the circuit breaker drum rotates fromits position as in Fig. 11 to its position causing the insulating button39 to separate the conducting clip 36 from said circuit breaker drum.Such rotation of the circuit breaker drum may open the draft damper 16 atrifle, or may not cause said draft damper to be opened at all, if thisis preferable- When clip cuit breaker drum, but the elements 98 and 99,and 100 and 101, respectively, will be free from engagement. When thedriven or actuating shaft 22 rotates from its position as in Figs. 8 and11 to its position where the insulating button 39 separates theconducting 36 from the circuit breaker drum, the contactors 125 and 126upon the conducting segment 124 travel from their position as in Fig. 9to position where said contactors engage the conducting segments 123 and122 to close the circuit through the blower-or fan motor 118. Said motor118 thus drives the blower or fan 114 to remove heated air from thefurnace and force said heated air into the enclosure or space. Upon theenclosure or space becoming warmed to eventually cause the elements 95and 97 to engage, the operations as above described are repeated, butthe driven or actuating shaft 22* in the present instance rotatesdirectly from its position where said insulating button 39 is separatingits conducting clip 36 from the circuit breaker drum to its positionwhere said insulating button 43 is separating its conducting clip 37from said circuit breaker drum. When the insulating button 39 is beneathits conducting clip 36, and the blower or fan 114 is operating, saidblower or fan may remove sufficient warmed air from the furnace toreduce the temperature at the thermostat 20 and thus cause the arm 100to be disengaged from the arm 102 and to engage the arm 101. In suchcase, the driven or actuating shaft 22 will rotate, by reason of theconnection thus made between the terminal 57 and the circuit breakerdrum through the conducting clip 83 and the conducting post 87, toposition to cause the insulating button 40 to be located beneath itsconducting clip 36. Thus the parts will be situated, and will thereafteroperate in the manner, as hereinbefore fully described. When theinsulating button 41 is beneath the conducting clip 36 and the blower orfan removes suflicient warmed air from the furnace to reduce thetemperature at the thermostat 20 to cause the arm 100 to be disengagedfrom the arm 102 and to engage the arm 101, the driven or actuatingshaft 22 rotates, past the positions where the insulating buttons 43, 42and 39 engage their respective conducting clips, to the position wherethe insulating button 40 engages the conducting clip 37, as will beevident, and said driven or actuating shaft 22 remains in such positionuntil the temperature at the thermostat rises to cause the elements 100and 102 to again engage.

For each insulating button 39, 40, 41, 42 and 43, there is acorresponding slot or opening 69 in the gear 33.

Manipulating elements suitable to a particular purpose can besubstituted for the crank arms 24 and 25, it being apparent thatdifferent types of devices, such as'va lves, automatic stokers, etc., tobe remotely controlled and requiring motive power to effect theiroperation, may have to be associated.

and contracting immediately upon receiving flow of current, makesprovision in the present electrically operated mechanism for efficientoperation of a regulator motor circuit control switch practicallyinstantaneously with the closing of the circuit controlling said thermalstarting switch. Employment of the non-inductive resistance element60,.in the manner as fully set forth, allows operation of the thermalstarting switch by means of a controlling circuit therefor whichincorporates very delicate and line electrical contacts, for thereason'that the operating power required by the resistance element toaccomplish actuation of the thermal starting switch of the inventiondoes not have to exceed four watts, which, flowing through anon-inductive circuit, causes practically no arcing whatever at thecontrolling instrument contacts, such as those made between theterminals 96, 97 and 99 and the room thermostat 19, and between theterminals 101 and 102 and the furnace thermostat 20. The presentarrangement is a great and valuable improvement over arrangementsheretofore in vogue for such work as temperature regulation and humiditycontrol, and for a variety of other uses.

An important feature of my electrically operated mechanism is the uniquemechanical arrangement of operating elements of the regulator motor,especially in conjunction with the thermal starting switch, making itnecessary for the remote controlling instruments to only close thestarting circuit of the regulator motor without having to open saidstarting circuit. Said arrangement is such that current ceases to flowin the regulator motor starting circuit as soon as the gear train issetin motion, by reason of mechanical actuation of the starting switchcausing the circuit in the primary winding of the transformer, supplyngthe energy to the starting switch, to be opened.

Another valuable feature of the present remote control regulator motoras a whole is that its mechanical arrangement is such that circuitbreaker clips and control or regulator circuit terminals can be readilyadded or removed and placed in adjusted positions. Ac-

cordingly, the number of stops of the regulator motor can be increasedor decreased without necessity for material changes in the generalmechanism, and said regulator motor can be stopped at positions whichmay bear any desired relations to each other. For instance, theinsulating buttons 39 and 43 may be closer to or further away from theinsulating button 42 in order that when the driven or actuating shaft 22is positioned to cause either of said insulating buttons 39 or 43 toseparate its conducting clip 36 or 37 from the circuit breaker drum, thedraft damper may be open an increased or a decreased amount. Obviously,the cord 28 could include more or less slack so that the draft damperwould not be open at all while the circuit breaker drum was positionedto locate the insulating button 39 beneath the conducting clip 36 or theinsulating button 43 beneath the conducting clip 37.

It will be evident that the present heat producing device or furnacewill function to care for each and all of the heating problems whichvarious situations may present.

The heat regulating means will be operative to supply a minimum amountof heat and the warmed air forcing means will be idle when the enclosureor space is at the desired temperature. The heat regulating means willbe operative to supply a suflicient amount of heat and the warmed airforcing means will be operative whenever the enclosure or space fallsbelow the desired temperature and the air at the heat producting deviceor furnace is at sufficient and predetermined temperature to beeffective in raising the temrature of said enclosure or space when orcedthereinto by said warmed air forcing means. The heat regulating meanswill be operative to supply an increased amount of heat and the warmedair forcing means will be idle whenever the enclosure orspace fallsbelow the desired temperature and the air at the heat roducing device orfurnace is below sufliclent temperature to be effective in raising thetemperature of said enclosure or space when forced thereinto. At a timewhen there is air at the furnace of sufiiciently high temperature toraise the temperature of the enclosure or space and said enclosure orspace commences a call for heat, the warmed airforcin means becomesoperative and the heat regulating means remains operative to supply aminimum amount of heat, or not much more than a minimum amount, at theheat producing device, until the enclosure or space reaches the desiredtemperature, or until the temperature of the air at the furnace fallsbelow the predeterminedtemperature. When the enclosure or space thenreaches the desired temperature while the air at the furnace is at orabove said redetermined temperature, the heat regu ating means becomesoperativeto supply a minimum amount of heat and the warmed air forcingmeans becomes idle, and when the temperature of the air at the furnaceinstead falls below. said predetermined temperature, the warmed airforcing means becomes idle and the heat regulating means becomesoperative to supp y an increased amount of heat to bring the temperatureof said air at the furnace up to said predetermined temperature. Uponthe temperature of the air at the furnace then reaching saidpredetermined temperature, the warmed air forcing means commences tooperate. At any time when the warmed air forcing means removessufficient war-med air from the furnace to cause the air at the furnaceto fall below said predetermined temperature, said warmed air forcingmeans becomes idle and the heat regulating means becomes, or remains,operative to supply an increased amount of heat at the furnace. When thewarmed air forcing means is operative and the enclosure or space beingheated reaches a certain temperature, the heat regulating means becomes,or remains, operative to supply a minimum amount of heat for a period oftime before said warmed air forcing means becomes inoperative, so thatair of sufiicient temperature to have heating effect upon the enclosureor space may be removed from the furnace and forced into said enclosureor space to raise the temperature thereof to said predeterminedtemperature. And the warmed air forcing means becomes inoperative whensaid predetermined temperature at the enclosure or space is reached.

The present heat producing device or furnace, it will be apparent,functions in ideal manner, considered from the-standpoint of fueleconomy as well as from the standpoint of desired heating results; itis, in fact, set up to operate to attain the maximum in fuel economy, toprevent overruns of the device or furnace which ordinarily occur after aheated enclosure or space has reached the predetermined and intendedtemperature, and to attain the maximum in temperature balance at saidenclosure or space.

Especial attention is called to the fact that the presentelectricallyoperated mechanism includes but a single room thermostat 19 which iscomposed of a single bimetallic strip or blade. The regulator motor, andconsequentl the heat regulating means and the warmed air forcing means,are all thus responsive in their operations to a single thermostaticdevice situated in the enclosure or space to be heated, as modified bythe conditions of the furnace thermostat. Evident- 1y, by placing saidregulator motor and the heat regulating means and the warmed air forcingmeans under the control of a single, one blade room thermostat, insteadof under two separate and distinct room thermostats as heretofore, onefor controlling the heat h al messes regulatin means and another forassisting in control ing the warmed air forcing means, the operations ofsaid heat regulating means and said warmed air forcing means are ofnecessity in accord and synchronism, That is to say, said heatregulating means and said warmed air forcing means of the inventionbeing directly responsive in their operations to a single themostaticelement, must operate in comp ete accord, the one With to the other, aswill be evident, Whereas, when a pair oi? room thermostats are employed,as heretofore, one controlling the regulating means another controllingthe warmed air forcing means, said heat regulating" means and saidwarmed air forcing means need not of necessity he actuated in accord,probably will not be, it being Well lrnovvn that no two thermostaticdevices can be set to operate in precisely the s V ner under allconditions or use, v room thermostats are employed, it possible, andperhaps probable, that the one which controls the heat regulating meanstr y he, or become, incapable of acting in accord and synchronism withthe one which assists in the control of the warmed air forcing; means,

W hat 1 claim is 2- l. ln an electrically operated mechanism l for theremote control of a device requiring motive povver to etl'ect itsoperation, a motor for regulating said device, anoperat electricalcircuit for said motor, a remotely con" trolled electrical circuitincluding a plurality of thermostatically actuated instruments eachadapted to separately rnalre remotely controlled electrical circuit, andmeans in said remotely controlled electrical circuit for con rollingsaid motor operating I circu't,

2. an electrically operated mechanism for the remote control of a heatproducing device includingheat regulating means and means i or forciblycirculating air warmed by heat producing device into space to be heated,motor for controlling said heat regulating; means and said warmed aircirculating means, an operating electrical circuit for motor, a remotelycontrolled electrical circuit, means in said remotely controlledelectrical circuit for controlling said motor operating circuit, and aplurality of: thermostatically actuated switches each adapted toseparately make said remotely controlled electrical circuit,

3. ln an electrically operated mechanism for the remote control of adevice requiring motive power to effect its operation, a motor lorregulatin said device, an operatingelectrical circuit ror said motor, aremotely controlled clectrical circuit including a plurality ofthermostatically actuated instruments each adapted to separately makesaid remotely controlled electrical circuit, and resistance means insaid remotely controlled electrical circuit for controlling said motoroperating circuit.

l, In an electrically operated mechanism for the remote control of aheat producing device including heat regulating means and means forforcibly circulating air warmed by said heat producing device into aspace to be heated, a motor for controlling said heat regulating meansand said warmed air circulating means, an operating electrical circuit"for said motor, a remotely controlled electrical circuit, expansihleand contractilole resistance means in said remotely controlledelectrical circuit for controlling said motor or crating circuit, and aplurality of thermo statically actuated switches each adapted toseparately malre said remotely controlled electrical circuit.

5., ln electrically operated mechanism the remote control of a heatproducing device including heat regulating means and ill means forciblycirculating air warmed by said heat producing device into a space to beheated, a motor for controlling said heat regulating means and saidwarmed air circulating means, an operating electrical circuit for saidmotor, a remotely controlled electrical circuit, means in said remotelycontrolled electrical circuit for controlling said motor operatingcircuit, a thermostatically actuated switch responsive to temperaturechanges at said heat producing device for making said remotelycontrolled electrical circuit, and a thermostatically actuated switchresponsive to temperature changes at said enclosure for making saidremotely con trolled electrical circuit.

("3 In an electrically operated mechanism for'the remote control of aheat producing device including heat regulating means and means forforcibly circulating air warmed switch responsive to temperature changesat said enclosure for making said remotely controlled electricalcircuit,

7 loan electrically operated mechanism for the remote control of a heatproducing device including heat regulating means and means for forciblycirculating air warmed by said heat producing device into a'space to heheated, a motor for controlling said heat regulating means and saidwarmed air circulating means, an operating electrical cirllli cuit forsaid motor, a remotely controlled electrical circuit, a thermal startingswitch for controlling said motor operating circuit, said thermalstarting switch including an expansible and contractible resistanceelement arranged in said remotely controlled circuit and beingresponsive in its operation to expanding and contracting actions of saidresistance element, and a plurality of thermostatically actuatedswitches each adapted to separately make said remotely controlledelectrical circuit.

8. In an electrically operated mechanism for the remote control of aheat producing device including heat regulating means and means forforcibly circulating air warmed by said heat producing device into aspace to be heated, a motor for controlling said heat regulating meansand said warmed air circulating means, an operating electrical circuitfor said motor including a motor starting switch having a movableelement, a remotely controlled electrical circuit, means including anexpansible and cont-ractible resistance element for opening and closingsaid motor starting switclnsaid resistance element being arranged insaid remotely controlled electrical circuit to retain said movableelement of the motor starting switch in a withdrawn position when saidremotely controlled circuit is open and said resistance element is as aresult contracted'and to allow said movable element of the motorstarting switch to move to position closing said motor operating circuitwhen said remotely controlled circuit is closed and said resistanceelement is as a result expanded, a thermostatically actuated switchresponsive to temperature changes at said heat producing dev1ce formaking said remotely controlled electrical circuit, and athermostatically actuated switch responsive to temperature changes atsaid space foinmaking said remotely controlled electrical circuit.

9. In an electrically operated mechanism for the remote control of aheat producing device including heat regulating means and means forforcibly circulating air warmed by said heat producing device into aspace to-be heated, a motor for controlling said heat regulating meansand said warmed a r circulating means and capable of actuating each ofsaid means to any predetermined one of a plurality 'of differentconditions, a plurality of thermostatically actuated instruments forseparately starting the operations of said motor, and means operativewhen each of said heat regulating means andisaid warmed air circulatingmeans is in any one of said plurality of different conditions aspredetermined bysaid thermostatically actuated instruments fordiscontinuing the operations of said motor.

10. In an electrlcally operated mechanism for the remote control of aheat producing device including heat regulating means and means forforcibly circulating air warmed by said heat producing device into aspace to be heated, a motor for controlling said heatregulating meansand said warmed air circulating means and capable of actuating each ofsaid means to any predetermined one of a plurality of differentconditions, a plurality of thermostatically actuated instruments oneresponsive to temperature changes at said heat producing device andanother responsive to temperature changes at said space for separatelystarting the operations of said motor, and means operative when each ofsaid heat regulating means and said warmed air circulating means is inany one of said plurality of different conditions as predetermined bysaid thermostatically actuated instruments fordiscontinuing theoperations of said motor.

11. In an electrically operated mechanism for the remote control of aheat producing device including heat regulating means and means forforcibly circulating air warmed by said heat producing device into aspace to be heated, a motor for controlling said heat regulating meansand said warmed air circulating means, an operating electrical circuitfor, said motor including motor starting mecha nism, a remotelycontrolled electrical circuit for controlling said motorstartingmechanism, a thermostatically actuatedswitch responsive to temperaturechanges at said heat producing device for'making said remotelycontrolled electrical circuit, and thermostatically actuated meansresponsive to temperature changes at said space for making said remotelycontrolled electrical circuit.

12. In an electrically operated mechanism for the remote control of adevice requiring motive power to effect its operation, a motor forregulating said device, an operating electrical circuit for said motorincluding a motor starting mechanism, a remotely controlled electricalcircuit including a plurality of thermostatically actuated switches eachadapted to separately close said motor starting switch, and meansoperative upon the setting of said regulator motor into operation fordiscontinuing flow of current in said remotely controlled electricalcircuit.

13. In an electrically operated mechanism for the remote control of aheat pi'oducin v device including heat regulating means and means forforcibly circulating air warmed by said heat producing device into aspace to Ill be heated, a motor for controlling said heat lid e ing saidremotely controlled elec neoaeat switch, a thermostatically actuatedswitch in said remotely controlled circuit responsive to temperaturechanges at said space for closing said motor starting switch, and meansoperative upon the setting of said motor into operation fordiscontinuing flowof current in said remotely controlled electricalcircuit,

14.- In an electrically operated mechanism for the remote control of aheat producing device including heat regulating means and means forforcibly circulating air warmed by said heat producing device into aspace to be heated, a motor for controlling said heat regulating meansand said warmed air circulating means, an operating electrical circuitfor said motor including motor starting mechanism, a remotely controlledelectrical circuit for controlling said motor start ing mechanism, athermostatically actuated switch responsive to temperature changes atsaid heat producing device for making said remotely controlledelectrical circuit, a thermostatically actuated switch responsive totemperature changes at said space for malttrical circuit, and meansoperative upon the setting" of said regulator inotor into operation fordiscontinuing flow of current in said remotecontrolled electricalcircuit.

l5. lln an electrically operated mechanism for the remote control of aheat producing device including heat regulating means and means forforcibly circulating air warmed by said heat producing device into aspace to be heated, a motor for controlling heat regulating means andsaid warmed ai circulating means and capable of actuating each of saidmeans to any predetermined one of a plurality of diderent conditions, anoperating electrical circuit for said rector in cluding a inotorstarting mechanism, reniotely controlled electrical circuit forcontrolling motor starting mechanism, thermostatically actuated switchnsive to ten'iperature changes at said heat producing device for makingsaid reinotely con trolled electrical circuit, a thermostatic ""yactuated switch responsive to tempera changes at said space for makingsaid remotely controlled electrical circuit, operative upon the settingof said motor into operation for discontinuing flow of current in saidremotely controlled electri cal circuit, and means operative When eachof said heat regulating means and said warmed air circulating means isin any one of said plurality of difierent conditions as predetermined bysaid thermostatically actuated switches for discontinuing the operations of said motor. Y

16. In an electrically operated mechanism for the remote control of aheat producing device including heat regulating means and means forforcibly circulating air warmed by said heat producing device into aspace to be heated, mechanism for actuating each of said heat regulatingmeans and said air circulating means to any predetermined one of aplurality of different conditions,means responsive to temperaturechanges at said heat producing device, and means responsive totemperature changes at said space, said temperature responsive rneansalvrays cooperating with each other to control each of the operations ofsaid mechanism.

17., ln an electrically operated mechanism for the remote control of aheat producing device including heat regulating means and means forforcibly circulating air warmed by said heat producing device in o aspace to be heated, unitary mechanism for actuating each of said heatregulating means and said air circulating means to any one or aplurality of diiiferent conditions, means responsive to temperaturechanges at said heat producing device, and means responsive to temperature changes at said space, said ternperature responsive meansalways cooperating with each other to control al of operations of saidunitary mechanism,

18. ln an electrically operated mechanism -or the remote control a heatoroducing device including heal elating means means for forcibly circuiting air warmed lo y said heat producing device into a space to heheated, means responsive to temperature changes said heat roducingdevice, single thermostatic element responsive to temperature changesspace, said teinperature responsive means and said thermo-- staticelement always cooperating with each otherto control all of theoperations of said heat regulating means said. warmed air circulatingmeans.

i electrica ly operated mechanism. -tor remote control a producingdevice includ ng heat regulating means and means l orcihly circulatingair warmed by said heat producing device into a space to be heated, amotor for controlling said heat regulating circulatng roe meansresponsive to tempera ture'chan so at said producing device, andresponsive emperature changes at space, said srature responsive neansalways cooperat with each other o control of the operations of said nicor, and s onsive to tempera- It means rea ture changes said acecomprising a single thermostatic element,

ln electrically operated mechanism for the re control of a heatproducing ding heat regulating means and torciloly circulating airwarmed neat producing device into a space to he heated, a motor iorcontrolling said heat regulating means and said vvarined air circulatingmeans, an operating electrical circuit for said motor, a remotelycontrolled electrical circuit, means in said remotely controlledelectrical circuit for controlling said motor operating circuit, meansresponsive to temperature changes at said heatproducing device, andmeansresponsive to tem- 5 perature changes at said space, saidtemperature responsive means together controlling said remotelycontrolled electrical circuit, and said means responsive to temperaturechanges at said space comprising a sin- 10 gle thermostatic blade.

EVERETT H. WHITE,

